Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-05

REcEIPTs AND ExPENpITtEEs.
Receipts from all sources, sl,So,e4o6
Expenditures Including printing and
binding and contingent expenses, Si.eAaW
surplus. sios, 4ol .
BALANCE IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED
STATES on ACCOUNT OF PATENT FUND
June %. Ise5, s100 80 %
June u, lss9, lesoi-So
Total. ss,l6e. 4ol %
THE ISTER-SrATE COMMERCE CohNIssIoS.
l respectfully recommend that the Com
mission be authorized to report directly to
the President: to appoint its own officers and
employees; and to draw upon the Treasury
for the payment of the salaries of IFS subordi-
mates as well as for all expenses incurred un-
der the act.
When the Commission makes its report l
shall transmit it TO you and accompany il with
an abstract of all disbursements made by this
Department for said Commission since its or
ganization.
BUREAU OF LABOR.
The work of the Bureau for the past year
has been carried on under improved condi-
tons Both the field and the Office force have
-boNH Int ltsuit VI SAicfiNhtt- wv pshv
has larger amount of labor per capita been
performed. resulting from that knowledge of
the directest methods which comes from prac-
tce, but labor of better quality has follow
ed The duties of statistical Office are such
as make training and experience absolutely
essential To the best results, and it is, there
fore. source of pleasure 10 observe the
steady improvement and constant approach
ri tb.r ideal in NJ tah nsf
rejoice who has good achievement in statisti-
cal work at heart.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
The Commissioner of Education reports a
years work of unusual amount and interest.
The appendices to the Education report
will show in detail the character and extent
of the public, corporate, and private instru-
mentalities of nurture, teaching, and culture
in the [ MON SO far as facts relating thereto
are procurable. The progress on the whole,
is steady and satisfactory the public schools
have never been more heartily supported nor
have other institutions of learning ever been
more fourishing than during the year under
review.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
The Director reports that satisfactory
progress was made in his topographic work
of the year, an aggregate area of 81. 634
square miles having been surveyed. all of
which is shown in a table giving the States,
the scale of publication. contour. interval in
feet, and approximate area in square miles
Tur Trpp,,o,,,s
III,
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the Territories are this year unusually full
and interesting. They give as a whole a
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TAXABLE PROPERTY AND FINANCES.
In Arizona there has been an increase of So :
o0O. 900 during the wear, and the aggregate
assessed 'aluatlon Is now SZb,ol3,5OO.
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MINES.
The yearly product in precious metals OF
Arizona is estimated at 81. Io3.3 7s; of New
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